Moderate polling in Rajender Nagar Assembly constituency
December 13th, 2008 - 4:49 pm ICT by ANINew Delhi, Dec 13 (ANI): Moderate polling was reported in the Rajendra Nagar Assembly constituency in West Delhi on Saturday afternoon.
Polling began this morning on a slow note, but later picked up in the 160 polling stations of the constituency.
Twelve candidates are in the fray from this constituency.
The polling was rescheduled following the death of BJP candidate Puran Chand Yogi.
Yogi, 73, was a three-time BJP legislator from Rajinder Nagar. He was seeking re-election for the third time from the seat.
He was first elected to the Assembly in 1993 and was re-elected in 1998 and 2003. In the last Assembly polls, he had defeated Raj Kumar Kohli of Congress by 891 votes.
According to police officials, Yogi was found hanging from the ceiling fan of his room on November 16 at his residence in South-West Delhi’’s Inderpuri.
Counting will take place December 15. (ANI)
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